Apache Thrift Java client library versions 0.5.0 through 0.11.0 can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete validation in the…

Description

Apache Thrift Java client library versions 0.5.0 through 0.11.0 can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete validation in the org.apache.thrift.transport.TSaslTransport class. An assert used to determine if the SASL handshake had successfully completed could be disabled in production settings making the validation incomplete.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.2% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• Improper Authentication
• CWE-295 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-295 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation · Apache Thrift

  • affected Apache Thrift 0.5.0 to 0.11.0

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.thrift:libthriftGHSA-wjxj-f8rg-99wx (opens in a new tab)

References (25)

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/da5234b5e78f1c99190407f791dfe1bf6c58de8d30d15974a9669be3%40%3Cuser.thrift.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 106551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20190206 [SECURITY] [DLA 1662-1] libthrift-java security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [infra-devnull] 20190324 [GitHub] [thrift] luciferous opened pull request #1771: THRIFT-4506: fix use of assert for correctness in Java SASL negotiation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K36361684 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [storm-dev] 20190724 [CVE-2018-1320] Apache Storm vulnerable Thrift version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [storm-user] 20190724 [CVE-2018-1320] Apache Storm vulnerable Thrift version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [announce] 20190724 [CVE-2018-1320] Apache Storm vulnerable Thrift version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20190724 [CVE-2018-1320] Apache Storm vulnerable Thrift version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2019:2413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20191113 [jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-15422) CVE-2018-1320(The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) on Cassendra 3.11.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20191113 [jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20191119 [jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20191119 [jira] [Assigned] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20200604 [jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-15856) Security vulnerabilities with dependency jars of Cassandra 3.11.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20210323 [jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20210415 [jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20210415 [jira] [Comment Edited] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20210415 [jira] [Commented] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [cassandra-commits] 20210924 [jira] [Updated] (CASSANDRA-15424) CVE-2018-1320 (The libthrift component is vulnerable to Improper Access Control) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-wjxj-f8rg-99wx (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 03:59 UTC.